Implied Waiver of Privilege and Inadvertent Disclosure: Challenges for Practitioners
Review legal professional privilege and implied waiver. OND222N06A_4
Description
Attend and earn 1 CPD hour in Ethics & Professional Responsibility
This program is applicable to practitioners from all States & Territories
Ethics & Professional Responsibility
Implied Waiver of Privilege and Inadvertent Disclosure: Challenges for Practitioners
- Scope of legal professional privilege
- Implied waiver: the grey areas and how to avoid unforeseen pitfalls
- Challenges posed by electronic information and e-discovery
- Third-party communications
- Righting the ship: what to do when there is an inadvertent disclosure
Presented by Sydney Jacobs, Barrister, Thirteen Wentworth and Vikram Misra, Barrister, Clarence Chambers
Presenters
Sydney Jacobs
Sydney Jacobs is a barrister at 13 Wentworth Chambers. He read for his LL.M at Cambridge and has a commercial equity practice encompassing property, partnership, corporate law and building & construction disputes. Sydney has gained expertise in easements involving both Torrens and Old System land, leasing matters, contracts for the sale of land including off-the-plan, notices to perform and to complete, rescission/ termination /specific performance /relief against forfeiture/ claiming the return of deposits, options/rights of first refusal, and strata disputes. Underscoring a life dedicated to the law (when he is not snowboarding), Sydney is the sole author of two major loose-leaf services, namely: Commercial Damages and Injunctions: Law and Practice, and part authors the leading loose-leaf service Commercial & International Arbitration (all published by Thomson Reuters).
Vikram Misra
Vikram was admitted as a solicitor in 2012 and called to the NSW Bar in 2015. He maintains a broad commercial litigation practice, however he is frequently briefed in the areas of taxation law, property law, contract law, construction law and equity. Vikram currently contributes regular posts to Legalwise Seminars on: Caveats; Practice and Procedure; and also Arbitration and Mediation (co-authored with Sydney Jacobs - Barrister). He also presents for BenchTV and CPD for Me. Vikram is also a contributing author to the Security of Payment (NSW) section of the looseleaf Commercial Arbitration Law and Practice Service for Thomson Reuters. Vikram was previously employed as a casual academic for the University of Sydney Law Extension Committee, Sydney NSW where he marked contract law exams.